I ran a SHOW PROCESSLIST while it was hanging and it does show a sleep being ran:
mysql> show processlist\g +-----+-----------+----------------+---------------+---------+------+- +------+--- ---------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | +State | In fo | +-----+-----------+----------------+---------------+---------+------+- +------+--- ---------------+ | 84 | root | localhost:1332 | rate_calc | Sleep | 1 | + | NU LL | | 92 | WebClient | localhost:1346 | sch_oxitest08 | Sleep | 957 | + | NU LL | | 100 | root | localhost:1356 | rate_calc | Query | 0 | +NULL | sh ow processlist | | 106 | root | localhost:1364 | rate_calc | Sleep | 18 | + | NU LL | +-----+-----------+----------------+---------------+---------+------+- +------+--- ---------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

In reply to Re^2: MySQL 5.1.11 Select Query by bkiahg
in thread MySQL 5.1.11 Select Query by bkiahg

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